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Final 2009 albums sales update

ok mag and the express paper are owned by the same people
 
I knew the press would not acknowledge MJs massive sales this year, but to lie about it is disgusting... but that is nothing new is it. You know, even an Indian paper has the same story. And they wonder why MJ fans think the press has a vendetta against MJ.

Sony's press office or whoever does this sort of thing could have released stories about MJs sales to the press but looks like they haven't. Press probably wouldn't have printed it anyway..
 
what are her and mjs figures for the usa anyway. even if she did outsell him its pretty irrelelvent and not the issue. its the obvious motives these assholes have when writing these stories.
 
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Well you guys have to remember that she just outsold number ones.

OVERALL MJ sold more records in the US last year.
 
Thats right, but I cant find a single article mentioning Michael as tze best selling artist of the year, or at least that Michael sold most albums in 2009!
No mentioning about the 25 mil. albums, just a chart success, even Billboard hasnt released any article as for MJs success..., no numbers, thats why its absolutely important to upgrade WIKIpedia!!!
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elusive moonwalker said:
what are her and mjs figures for the usa anyway. even if she did outsell him its pretty irrelelvent and not the issue. its the obvious motives these assholes have when writing these stories.
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She didn't outsell him, she outsold one of his albums. They picked the figure for MJ's 'Number Ones' album which sold 2,400,000 and compared her to that to claim she was 'bigger' than him and outsold him in the US.. they completely ignored the sales of MJs other albums - he sold 9,000,000 albums in the US making him the biggest selling act this year there and in the UK, Europe, Japan and Globally. So she clearly is not 'bigger' than Michael Jackson.

*Jackson Sells 24,800,000 albums in 2009 including Jackson 5 material, Motown, and Sony albums.

*Sony shipped 30,000,000 albums in 2009 while Motown shipped 1,500,000

*Jackson sold 9,000,000 albums in the US which makes him the best selling act this year.

*Jackson was the biggest selling musical act in the US, UK, Europe, Japan, and Globally.

*MJ's Global sales were huge and outpaced the nearest competition by over double. (#2 were The Beatles who sold 11 million albums this year vs Jackson's 24.8 million).
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Rockin. said:
She didn't outsell him, she outsold one of his albums. They picked the figure for MJ's 'Number Ones' album which sold 2,400,000 and compared her to that to claim she was 'bigger' than him and outsold him in the US.. they completely ignored the sales of MJs other albums - he sold 9,000,000 albums in the US making him the biggest selling act this year there and in the UK, Europe, Japan and Globally. So she clearly is not 'bigger' than Michael Jackson.
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Of course, but explain that the morons who write those articles. :doh:
Or better, add comments on the articles!!!!
Simply, they do it consciously.
 
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KB50MJ said:
Well you guys have to remember that she just outsold number ones.

OVERALL MJ sold more records in the US last year.
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and so she should have. a new reality star on the block with a new album compared to a g.hits album from 2003. media are obsessed with s***ing on mj even now. scum.
 
Moonwalker.Fan said:
Simply, they do it consciously.
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Exactly. I love the whole Susan Boyle story. And hope she immediately gets an attorney to get her current disgraceful royalty figure way up. But in 5 years, it'll be Susan Boyle who? Hope not, but chances are that will be the case.

Michael has a 40+ year career and the fact that he can sell 2.4 million albums with songs that many have had for 20 years should be headlining every music site.

It's just another example of press disrepect and a way to minimize his accomplishments.

The big story is that he sold nearly 25 million albums in 6 months. No ONE has done that ever! John Lennon, Presley, NO ONE!
 
So gerryevans, all MJ fans should comment these ridiculous articles.

Thats the only way what MJ fans can do - massively ... providing just facts and factual numbers!
 
Rockin. said:
She didn't outsell him, she outsold one of his albums. They picked the figure for MJ's 'Number Ones' album which sold 2,400,000 and compared her to that to claim she was 'bigger' than him and outsold him in the US.. they completely ignored the sales of MJs other albums - he sold 9,000,000 albums in the US making him the biggest selling act this year there and in the UK, Europe, Japan and Globally. So she clearly is not 'bigger' than Michael Jackson.
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The notion that any act is bigger than Mike is a fail on arrival imo.
 
*Sony shipped 30,000,000 albums in 2009 while Motown shipped 1,500,000

*Jackson sold 9,000,000 albums in the US which makes him the best selling act this year.

*Jackson was the biggest selling musical act in the US, UK, Europe, Japan, and Globally.

*MJ's Global sales were huge and outpaced the nearest competition by over double. (#2 were The Beatles who sold 11 million albums this year vs Jackson's 24.8 million).
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Will these numbers ever be counted by Sony and Universal and certified by the RIAA? When will Bad be recertified???

I'm sure the Beatles certifcation are already done!
 
HemlockDevi said:
Will these numbers ever be counted by Sony and Universal and certified by the RIAA? When will Bad be recertified???

I'm sure the Beatles certifcation are already done!
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Well, Sony and Estate are more concerned with the leaked seconds of a raw demo. :bugeyed

I can bet the Beatles certifications are done. :doh:
 
just a question

Susan Boyle sold 6 millions in USA alone or worldwide?
 
I am a little annoyed that the media has to hype up this Susan Boyle woman. -_-

Who on earth really thinks that this woman is BIGGER than Mike? :lol:

No, seriously...

Half the world don't even know who she is... :rolleyes:
 
Top SoundScan's Year-End Charts - USA only

Well, the final numbers have been crunched and the end result is something we pretty much suspected all along: 2009 was a very big year for Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and the late, great King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

On Wednesday (January 6), Nielsen SoundScan released their sales figures for 2009, and while some of the data is downright depressing — total album sales (including digital) dropped more than 12 percent — we prefer to focus on the positive: Swift, Gaga and Jackson (not to mention Susan Boyle, the Black Eyed Peas and the Kings of Leon) moved a whole lot of units over the past 12 months.

Swift's Fearless was the year's top-selling album, moving more than 3.2 million copies, holding off a late-year charge from Boyle, whose I Dreamed a Dream sold some 3.1 million copies to land at #2 (though Boyle had the best-selling album released in 2009, since Fearless actually came out in November 2008). Michael Jackson's Number Ones was #3, selling more than 2.3 million copies, and Lady Gaga's The Fame (2.23 million) and Andrea Bocelli's My Christmas (2.2 million) round out the top five.

Jackson was 2009's top-selling artist by a mile. He sold more than 8.2 million albums, doubling his nearest competitor, Swift, who sold 4.6 million. Some group called the Beatles landed at #3, selling more than 3.2 million albums, followed by Boyle (3.1 million) and Gaga (2.8 million).

Gaga was named the top-selling digital artist of the year — a category based on total digital track sales — as fans downloaded more than 15 million of her songs. The Black Eyed Peas were next, selling nearly 13 million digital tracks. Jackson stood at #3 (12.35 million), Swift came in at #4 (12.3 million) with Beyoncé at #5.

The Peas held the top two spots on the top-selling digital songs list with "Boom Boom Pow" (4.7 million downloads) and "I Gotta Feeling" (4.4 million), followed by Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" (4.3 million), Flo Rida's "Right Round" (4.1 million) and Gaga's "Just Dance" (3.2 million).

The Nielsen SoundScan numbers were based on the 52-week period of January 5, 2009 -- January 3, 2010.


Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga Top SoundScan's Year-End Charts - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
 
Here’s a look at the final Top Ten sellers during the calendar year of 2009, according to Neilsen/SoundScan. (Total sales may well be higher, if the album came out before ’09).

1) “Fearless” Taylor Swift 3,216,000
2) “I Dreamed A Dream” Susan Boyle 3,103,000
3) “Number Ones” Michael Jackson 2,355,000
4) “Fame” Lady Gaga 2,237,000
5) “My Christmas” Andrea Bocelli 2,207,000
6) “Hannah Movie Soundtrack” Hanna Montana 1,823,000
7) “The E.N.D.” Black Eyed Peas 1,786,000
8) “Relapse” Enimen 1,735,000
9) “Blueprint 3” Jay-Z 1,514,000
10) “Only By the Night” Kings of Leon 1,397,000

In terms of the decade, Eminem was the biggest selling artist with more than 32 million album sales followed by The Beatles (30.2 million), Tim McGraw (24.8 million), Toby Keith (24.5 million) and Britney Spears (22.9 million).

The Beatles' "Beatles 1" album was the biggest-selling album of the decade with 11.6 million sales, followed by N 'Sync's "No Strings Attached" with 11.1 album sales.

Tim McGraw received the most airplay in the decade with more than 7.9 million spins at radio. Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" was the most played song at radio with more than 1.2 million spins.


Top Albums of the 2000s:
1 Beatles 1, Beatles, 11.6 million
2 No Strings Attached, 'N Sync, 11.1 million
3 Come Away With Me, Norah Jones, 10.6 million
4 Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem, 10.2 million
5 Eminem Show, Eminem, 9.8 million
6 Confessions, Usher, 9.73 million
7 Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park, 9.7 million
8 Human Clay, Creed, 9.5 million
9 Oops!...I Did It Again, Britney Spears, 9.2 million
10 Country Grammar, Nelly, 8.5 million
 
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Taylor Swift Edges Susan Boyle For 2009's Top-Selling Album | Billboard.com

Michael Jackson's "Number Ones" is 2009's third biggest-selling album, with 2.36 million according to SoundScan, while Lady Gaga's "The Fame" is fourth with 2.24 million. Andrea Bocelli's recent release "My Christmas" powered through 2.21 million in just nine weeks, making it the year's fifth best. The soundtrack to "Hannah Montana: the Movie" is sixth (1.82 million), followed by the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." (No. 7 with 1.79 million), Eminem's "Relapse" (No. 8 with 1.74 million), Jay-Z's "The Blueprint 3" (No. 9 with 1.52 million) and Kings of Leon's "Only By the Night" (No. 10 with 1.40 million).

Fans of Michael Jackson will also be pleased to find out that the King of Pop owns four of the year's top 20 best-selling albums. Not only is "Number Ones" at No. 3 on the year-end list, but the top 20 also houses "This Is It" (No. 12 with 1.29 million), "Thriller" (No. 14 with 1.27 million) and "The Essential Michael Jackson" (No. 20 with 1.15 million).

Jackson is the biggest selling albums artist for 2009 with more than 8.2 million album sales for the year. Swift comes in as the second biggest selling albums artist for 2009 with 4.6 million album sales and the second straight year of 4 million or more album sales.


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Michael Jackson Was Biggest Selling Album Artist of 2009

by Paul Cashmere - January 7 2010


You know the old saying, in the music business death has never been a bad business move. Michael Jackson`s “ultimate publicity stunt”, death itself made his the biggest selling album artist of 2009 in the USA.


Jackson sold 8,286,000 album in 2009 and nearly ever one minus a few thousand after his death according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Before Jackson died, he had sold around 10,000 albums in 2009.

6 days after his death he had sold 422,000 units. A week later another 800,000 sold. Then by July 12, more than one million units had sold in one single week.

Two and a half weeks after the legend died, 2.3 million albums were purchased by fans and the albums kept selling right through to the end of 2009 when the total tally numbered 8,286,000 units sold.

The biggest selling artists of 2009 in the USA were:

1. Michael Jackson
2. Taylor Swift
3. The Beatles
4. Susan Boyle
5. Lady Gaga
 
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SoundScan's Best Sellers of 2009/Decade/All-Time Lists:

Best selling albums of 2009:

1) "Fearless" Taylor Swift 3,217,000
2) "I Dreamed A Dream" Susan Boyle 3,103,828
3) "Number Ones" Michael Jackson 2,355,000
4) "Fame" Lady Gaga 2,238,000
5) "My Christmas" Andrea Bocelli 2,207,000
6) "Hannah Movie Soundtrack" Hanna Montana 1,823,000
7) "The E.N.D." Black Eyed Peas 1,786,852
8.)"Relapse" Enimen 1,735,358
9) "Blueprint 3" Jay-Z 1,514,800
10) "Only By the Night" Kings of Leon 1,398,000

11) "Dark Horse" Nickelback
12) "This Is It" Michael Jackson 1,290,000
13) "Twilight" Soundtrack
14) "Thriller" Michael Jackson 1,270,000
15) "Foundation"Zac Brown Band
16) "Crazy Love"Michael Buble 1,220,070
17) "Time of Our Lives EP" Miley Cyrus
18) "I Am…Sasha Fierce" Beyonce
19) "Play On" Carrie Underwood 1,183,066
20) "The Essential Michael Jackson" Michael Jackson 1,150,000
Top 200 total: 108,452,000 (2008: 115,630,000)


2009 Top 10 Album Artists:

1) Michael Jackson - 8,286,000
2) Taylor Swift - 4,643,000
3) The Beatles - 3,282,000
4) Susan Boyle - 3,104,000
5) Lady Gaga - 2,813,000
6) Andrea Bocelli - 2,668,000
7) Michael Buble - 2,280,000
8.)Eminem - 2,166,000
9) Carrie Underwood - 1,895,000
10) Black Eyed Peas - 1,881,000

2009 Top 10 Internet Albums:

1) I Dreamed A Dream Susan Boyle - 405,000
2) My Christmas Andrea Bocelli - 151,000
3) Fearless Taylor Swift - 121,000
4) Thriller Michael Jackson - 110,000
5) Crazy Love Michael Buble - 106,000
6) Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King Dave Mathews Band - 98,000
7) Beatles In Stereo The Beatles - 95,000
8.)No Line On the Horizon U2 - 79,000
9) Off the Wall Michael Jackson - 75,000
10) The Fame Lady Gaga - 74,000

2009 Top 10 Vinyl Albums:

1) Abbey Road The Beatles - 34,800
2) Thriller Michael Jackson - 29,800
3) Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective - 14,000
4) Wilco Wilco - 13,200
5) Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes - 12,700
6) Backspacer Pearl Jam - 12,500
7) Veckatimest Grizzly Bear - 11,600
8.)Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses - 11,500
9) Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King Dave Mathews Band - 11,500
10) In Rainbows Radiohead - 11,400

2009 Top 10 Vinyl Artists:

1) Radiohead - 45,700
2) The Beatles - 38,800
3) Michael Jackson - 30,400
4) Metallica - 30,200
5) Wilco - 29,600
6) Bob Dylan - 24,500
7) Animal Collective - 20,600
8.)Pearl Jam - 19,900
9) Bon Iver - 17,100
10) Iron & Wine - 16,600

2009 Top 10 Digital Track Artists:

1) Lady Gaga - 15,297,000
2) Black Eyed Peas - 12,988,000
3) Michael Jackson - 12,355,000
4) Taylor Swift - 12,302,000
5) Beyonce - 9,261,000
6) Flo Rida - 8,402,000
7) Miley Cyrus - 8,327,000
8.)Britney Spears - 7,424,000
9) Eminem - 6,283,000
10) T.I. - 6,277,000

2009 Top 10 Internet Streamed Artists

1) Taylor Swift - 46,135,000
2) Beyonce - 42,962,000
3) Michael Jackson - 39,358,000
4) Nickelback - 35,290,000
5) Mariah Carey - 33,696,000
6) Britney Spears - 32,381,000
7) Pink - 28,925,000
8.)Lady Gaga - 27,580,000
9) Kelly Clarkson - 26,204,000
10) Ne-Yo - 24,624,000
 
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Ok. Let me also be the voice of reason. (please don't throw things at me.....)

Here is something that was explained to me that makes perfect sense if you all let this sink into your heads for a moment.

Susan Boyle is an older female singing 'older' style classics and appeals to an audience that would actually BUY the album or CD. The same goes for the Beatles. The older crowd actually goes to the store and purchases this.

Now....many fans of younger music use FREE downloads (piracy) and this hurts album sales. Yes...this is true. That is ONE reason for the discrepancy. Another reason for the discrepancy is that most of these albums have been around for a number of years (Michaels) and have already been purchased. I, myself purchased this year (2009), This Is It, Number Ones, and The Essential Michael Jackson (Why....I don't even know....they are not new songs) I purchased other albums too but not his.

Now, I also download songs (piracy) and never buy certain albums. So, you have to figure there are some people who have no clue how to do that. They would buy the album. MJ fans are internet savvy.
 
2009 TOP 10 SELLING ARTISTS COMBINING DIGITAL SALES+ALBUM SALES
(12/29/2008 – 1/3/2010)

1. Michael Jackson (12.3+8.2)= 20.5 million
2. Lady Gaga (15.3+2.8 )= 18.1 million
3. Taylor Swift (12.3+4.6)= 16.9 million
4. Black Eyed Peas (12.9+1.8 )= 14.7 million
5. Beyonce (9.3+1.0)= 10.3 million (est.)

source: Nielsen-Soundscan
 
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